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Hamilton Town, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pendleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63637. It lies near Chalk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wachita Mountain quadrangle.

Hamilton Town within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Town between 1992 and 2018, burning about 254 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176797-09435-04122018-1531
26 March 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176246-09435-03172018-1857

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Town: 48 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cushing BankIronPast Producer
Shaft Number Fourdoe Run Lead CoZinc, LeadPast Producer
Shaft Number TwoNickel, Lead, Copper, CobaltPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Doe RunLeadProducer1885
Mine Number 25doe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Mine Number Sevennational LeadLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number ElevenLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number Twodoe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Doe Run0.7 miles18
Rock Springs1.0 miles19
De Lassus2.2 miles19
Mineral City3.2 miles25
Loughboro3.3 miles21
Farmington4.3 miles19
Derby6.5 miles21
Valley Forge (historical)6.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 757945. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.